MECHELEN, BELGIUM (Reuters) — Belgium’s Planckendael Zoo welcomed a new arrival on Thursday (January 19), a baby giraffe born from mother Megara, who was also born in the zoo. Video released by the zoo showed the birth, with the mother standing and the baby falling about two meters. Megara gave birth in the morning before dawn when caretakers were not there, but the zoo said the mother and her baby were doing well. It was […]
Environment
Climate-ravaged corals recover poorly: study
by Marlowe HOO Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Coral reefs that survive rapid bleaching fueled by global warming remain deeply damaged, with little prospect of full recovery, researchers said Wednesday. Sixteen years after the 1998 El Nino ravaged coral in the Indian Ocean’s Seychelles archipelago, no reefs had recovered their original growth rates and barely a third were expanding at all, they reported in a study, the first to track coral health over […]
US scientists raise bar for sea level by 2100
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MAIMI, United States (AFP) — In the last days of Barack Obama’s administration, US government scientists warned even more sea level rise is expected by century’s end than previously estimated, due to rapid ice sheet melting at the poles. The report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) set the “extreme” scenario of global average sea level rise by 2100 to 8.2 feet (2.5 meters), up half a […]
Polar bear cub learns to eat in private at Berlin zoo
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — The youngest polar bear cub in Berlin’s Tierpark zoo learned a lesson in eating politely on Monday (January 23). The cub was digging into a piece of steak in front of the room’s camera, only for his mother Tonja to take the food away to a more private area. On January 12, the small polar bear was revealed to be a boy through first medical-check up. A Berlin radio station and […]
Ocean garbage
Forty of the world’s biggest companies assembled in Davos agreed on Monday to come up with cleaner ways to make and consume plastic as waste threatens the global eco-system, especially in oceans. https://youtu.be/g1-cpRnyXUk
Water park in Coron – good or bad?
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 23) – If you love to travel, then Coron, Palawan should be on your list of dream destinations! Even if you’ve already been there, it would not be too much of a question if you want to visit again to experience the crystal blue waters of Coron. Blessed with beautiful landscapes and seascapes, Coron is considered as one of the main attractions in the Philippines. Coron is famous for its forest which grew atop limestone […]
Russian company mints 1 kg silver Trump coin
ZLATOUST, Russia (Reuters) — A Russian studio in the Urals’ city of Zlatoust minted a one kilogram (2.2 lbs approx.) silver coin dedicated to the inauguration of the U.S. President Donald Trump and presented it on the date (January 20). The heavy piece bears the portrait of the 45th president of the United States on its front and the Statue of Liberty at the reverse. “We could not miss such an important event as the […]
Calf of endangered Asian elephant born in Russian zoo
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) — A zoo in Russian southern city of Rostov-on-Don welcomed a new-born elephant female calf born on Wednesday (January 18) from two 11-year-old Asian elephants Sinta and Yuma. “An elephant calf stood up immediately (after the birth) and started eating. In about an hour it started eating. You can see now it is sleepy. This particular calf sleeps while standing up. Sitara used to sleep while laying down. It seems to be […]
New specie of moth named after Trump
A new specie of moth discovered in southern California and Mexico was named after President Donald Trump due to its head scales being similar in appearance to Trump’s signature hairstyle. https://youtu.be/yREVFbj1cvk
World’s oldest panda in captivity celebrates 37th birthday in China
FUJIAN, China (Reuters) — Basi, the world’s oldest panda in captivity celebrated her 37th birthday on Wednesday (January 18) in southern China’s Fujian province, state media reported. Basi is the inspiration for Pan Pan, the mascot for the 1990 Beijing Asian Games. Panda fans from all over the world including the UK, Switzerland and Japan came to Fuzhou Panda World to attend the birthday celebration, said the CCTV report. Basi, whose age is the equivalent […]
Climate science bedeviled by ‘tipping points’
by Marlowe HOOD Agence Presse France PARIS, France (AFP) — Of the many things that keep climate scientists awake at night, tipping points may be the scariest. To start with, these thresholds for deep, sometimes catastrophic change in the complex web of Earth’s natural forces, caused by man-made global warming, are largely invisible. You can’t see them on the horizon, and could easily cross one without noticing. Also, there is no turning back — at […]
World’s oldest panda in captivity celebrates 37th birthday in China
FUZHOU CITY, FUJIAN PROVINCE, China (Reuters) — Basi, the world’s oldest panda in captivity celebrated her 37th birthday on Wednesday (January 18) in southern China’s Fujian province, state media reported. Basi is the inspiration for Pan Pan, the mascot for the 1990 Beijing Asian Games. Panda fans from all over the world including the UK, Switzerland and Japan came to Fuzhou Panda World to attend the birthday celebration, said the CCTV report. Basi, whose age […]